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Disco Fruit

Disco Fruit is a Serbian label founded in 2014 by Milos Djordjevic aka Tonbe. The label hand-picks the juiciest disco, house and funk cuts to satisfy any groover’s appetite. Disco Fruit is home to a sweet selection of artists including: Loshmi, Mitiko, Hotmood, Dr Packer, 84Bit, Evil Smarty, C. Da Afro, Tonbe and more. Disco Fruit’s sister label is house label, Hellcat Tunes. Tasty.
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Serious Edits Vol 27
Serious Edits Vol 27FORTHCOMING EXCLUSIVE
  
   
Give It To Me - (6:00) 122 BPM
   
Electric Love - (4:31) 122 BPM
   
It's Just The Beginning - (5:36) 122 BPM
DF 167
13 Oct 23
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Serious Edits Vol 26
   
Swat - (6:00) 122 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Lady - (6:35) 124 BPM
   
Knock It - (5:06) 117 BPM
   
Train Running - (6:49) 122 BPM
Review: Nine years after volume one landed on Junodownload, Loshmi (AKA Serbian nu-disco scene stalwart Tonbe) is back with the series' 26th instalment. He begins with the thunderous, peak-time-ready assault of 'Swat', a tweak of a gnarly rock-guitar sporting OTT orchestral workout underpinned by thumping house drums, before offering up the rolling, synth-sporting pop-goes-house roll of 'Lady'. Loshmi dives into his collection of glossy '80s electrofunk/boogie jams on 'Knock It', a deliciously squelchy, colourful and soulful affair, before rounding off another rock-solid re-edit EP with the Balearic acoustic guitar solos, dreamy chords, Flamenco vocals and chunky house beats of 'Train Running'.
DF 166
15 Sep 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
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Lemons
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Lemons - (5:21) 124 BPM
   
Weekend Fever - (7:21) 123 BPM
   
Too Far Away - (5:46) 122 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Robot Drivel - (6:00) 120 BPM
   
Turn It Up - (6:05) 121 BPM
   
Unchained - (8:12) 123 BPM
   
Groupie Luv - (5:23) 55 BPM
Played by: Tonbe
Review: Serbian disco fruit from Tonbe, a producer releasing candy-heeled dance wares for some 15 years now. For Disco Fruit yet again he brings the heat, with the title track kicking off heavy and deep before those righteous chords roll in. Heavier and dubbed out still is "Weekend Fever" with its thick filters and French house sampling twist. Funkier numbers come from "Too Far Away" next to a minimal '70s electro cuts in "Robot Drivel" and '90s R&B via "Groupie Love". Get your west coast sh*t from "Turn It Up" next to the solid states of "Unchained". When life gives you lemons make lemonade.
DF 165
01 Sep 23
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Serious Edits Vol 25
   
Mother Jackson - (4:44) 120 BPM
   
Go Away - (4:50) 120 BPM
   
Sexy Sexy Girls - (4:50) 121 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Virgin Dance - (5:00) 124 BPM
Review: Nine years on from the release of his first EP of 'Serious Edits', Loshmi adds a 25th volume to the popular series. As usual, what's on offer is a clutch of cuts that add beefed-up, house style beats and tidy effects to mostly under-celebrated disco jams. Basically, they're all tried-and-tested, house style re-edits aimed at peak-time dancefloors. Highlights include the Clavinet-heavy, arpeggio-driven stomp of 'Virgin Dance', the swirling strings, impassioned lead vocals and bouncy disco grooves of 'Mother Jackson', and the deliciously camp Italo-not-Italo throb of 'Sexy Sexy Girls'. File under: "guaranteed party starters".
DF 164
04 Aug 23
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This Is The Night
   
Tonight (original mix) - (5:04) 120 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Tonight (instrumental) - (5:04) 120 BPM
   
Ruler & Queen (original mix) - (6:46) 120 BPM
   
Ruler & Queen (instrumental) - (6:46) 120 BPM
   
Disco Baby (original mix) - (5:00) 120 BPM
Review: Three tracks in a total of five mixes make up this latest offering from Serbian main man Tonbe. First up is 'Tonight', which tops a walking bassline and plinky-plonk 80s synths with a very sweet n' poppy female vocal, though the latter's obviously absent from the accompanying instrumental. 'Ruler & Queen' is a quirky, shuffling affair that's likewise available with or without the plainitive vocal, but for this reviewer's money the standout here is 'Disco Baby', a contemporary boogie-style jam with an indecipherable male vocal and more bounce 'n' wiggle to its bottom end than is frankly decent.
DF 163
07 Jul 23
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Under The Light
   
Under The Light - (6:37) 90 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Soak Up The Sun - (4:54) 92 BPM
   
Kindness - (4:34) 90 BPM
Played by: Tonbe, Kongisto
DF 162
16 Jun 23
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Disco Fruit Selection Vol 10
   
Loshmi - "Coca In My Brain" - (4:18) 121 BPM
   
Loshmi - "El Son" - (5:28) 120 BPM
   
Loshmi - "Every Woman" - (4:56) 120 BPM
   
Loshmi - "Macu Sa" - (4:46) 120 BPM
   
Loshmi - "Passion Move" - (6:32) 120 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Loshmi - "Some Time" - (5:03) 122 BPM
   
Mitiko - "I Like What You Doing" - (4:26) 117 BPM
   
Mitiko - "In Your Soul" - (4:54) 102 BPM
   
Mitiko - "Morning Talkbox" - (4:33) 100 BPM
   
Tonbe - "Funkstar" (2023 mix) - (6:01) 121 BPM
   
Tonbe - "Look So Good" - (6:33) 122 BPM
   
Tonbe - "Sabari" - (5:32) 122 BPM
Played by: Tonbe, Kongisto
Review: Serbian disco producer extraordinaire Tonbe once more teams up with his Montenegran counterpart Mitiko, as well as with himself in his Loshmi re-editor guise. Loshmi's uptempo rework of Dillinger's 'Cocaine' gets the ball rolling, after which come takes on Chaka Khan's 'I'm Every Woman', The Flirts' 'Passion' and The Salsoul Orchestra's 'Take Some Time Out For Love', plus a brace of unidentified Latin cuts. After that come three cuts from Mitiko, with 'In Your Soul' drawing heavily on Soul Children's 'Stir Up The Boogie' from 1978 and 'Morning Talkbox' bringing the Zapp-isms, before Tonbe plays us out with three tracks of his own, including the rumbustious 'Funkstar' and the Alpha Blondy-biting 'Sabari'.
DF 161
02 Jun 23
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Serious Edits Vol 24
   
Coca In My Brain - (4:18) 121 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Dark - (4:18) 120 BPM
   
Get Up On It - (5:52) 124 BPM
   
Running - (5:11) 122 BPM
DF 160
05 May 23
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Funkstar 2023
Funkstar 2023EXCLUSIVE
   
Funkstar (2023 mix) - (6:01) 121 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Sabari - (5:32) 122 BPM
   
Feeling Hot (original mix) - (6:33) 122 BPM
   
Feeling Hot (instrumental) - (6:33) 122 BPM
DF 159
14 Apr 23
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Serious Edits Vol 23
   
Famous - (6:41) 121 BPM
   
Love And Drug - (5:13) 118 BPM
   
Night - (5:36) 120 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Passion Move - (6:32) 120 BPM
DF 158
24 Mar 23
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Hold On
Hold OnEXCLUSIVE
   
Don't Go For That - (5:31) 110 BPM
   
Fishnet Pantyhose - (5:38) 115 BPM
   
Hold On - (5:21) 118 BPM
   
In Your Soul - (4:54) 102 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Mighty Groove - (4:46) 118 BPM
   
Walking In The Sun - (4:38) 93 BPM
   
You Left A Good Woman - (5:42) 103 BPM
DF 157
10 Mar 23
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House Thing
House ThingEXCLUSIVE
   
Lost In Memories - (6:30) 122 BPM
   
Ain't Nobody Bad Like Me - (5:29) 122 BPM
   
Bright Days - (5:34) 120 BPM
   
It's A House Thing (original mix) - (5:53) 123 BPM
   
It's A House Thing (instrumental mix) - (5:53) 123 BPM
   
You Gotta Dance - (6:36) 120 BPM
   
Summer Nights - (6:16) 120 BPM
   
Drive Me Arounnd (vocal mix) - (6:43) 122 BPM
   
Drive Me Around (dub mix) - (6:43) 122 BPM
   
All About Us - (5:56) 122 BPM
   
Look So Good - (6:33) 122 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Acting Like A Fool - (5:29) 121 BPM
   
What Happened In The World - (6:04) 120 BPM
   
You Make Me Feel Good - (5:59) 125 BPM
   
You're Welcome - (5:34) 122 BPM
Review: Almost wish Tonbe would make a bad record, just so I didn't feel like such a gushing fanboi, but it hasn't happened yet! The Serbian don's latest 15-track outing finds him, as the title suggests, firmly in house mode, with all 15 cuts aimed fair and square at the dancefloor, but still manages to encompass enough variety to ensure things never get dull. 'Bright Days', for instance, is a very musical affair that evidences jazz-funk influences and sports a preacherman vocal, while 'Drive Me Around' is percussion-driven and comes topped with a late 80s-style rap. But it's the deep 'n' dreamy, piano-sprinkled grooves and sultry diva vox of 'You Gotta Dance' that lead the charge for this reviewer.
DF 156
10 Feb 23
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Serious Edits Vol 22
   
Every Woman - (4:56) 120 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Private Game - (5:16) 120 BPM
   
Maniac - (6:30) 120 BPM
   
Up Or Down - (6:22) 122 BPM
   
Allez-Vous - (6:08) 120 BPM
   
Call - (4:47) 122 BPM
   
Do You Look That Good - (4:48) 120 BPM
   
Enough - (6:14) 122 BPM
   
I Feel - (6:46) 120 BPM
   
On The Move - (4:44) 120 BPM
   
Saly - (5:44) 120 BPM
Review: Ever-prolific Serbian disco don Tonbe once more assumes his Loshmi re-editor's mantle to bring us reworks of 11 dancefloor gems from days gone by. Opening with Chaka Khan's 'Every Woman' is a tad misleading, because he's mostly opted for slightly less obvious (and, for time reasons, largely unidentified) source material, drawing mostly on 80s boogie and electrofunk for inspiration - though there's time enough for some raw James Brown stompery (see 'Up Or Down'), and you just might hear a hint of his Princeness in there as well! There's a pleasing circularity, too, to the inclusion of 'I Feel', another Chaka rework, as the album approaches its end.
DF 155
13 Jan 23
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Morning Talkbox
   
Morning Talkbox - (4:33) 100 BPM
   
Best Thing - (4:26) 92 BPM
   
Hits My Veins - (5:33) 105 BPM
   
Captivating Yourself - (5:23) 126 BPM
   
Don't Worry - (6:35) 122 BPM
   
Gone Away For Good - (6:42) 111 BPM
   
Electronic Rhythm - (4:55) 100 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
Review: A treat for Mitiko fans this week, as the Montenegran nu-disco stalwart serves up an EP for Tonbe's Disco Fruit label that packs a whopping seven cuts with nary a duffer in sight. The title track is a languid jazz-funker that makes extensive use of the titular FX unit/instrument, and sets the tone nicely for an EP that starts out in funk and disco territory (with the wigged-out 60s organs on 'Best Thing' a notable highlight) then veers into housier pastures as it goes on, before dropping the tempo once more for 'Gone Away For Good' and 'Electronic Rhythm', the latter's piano licks and jazz trumpet bringing the EP to a very classy close.
DF 154
02 Dec 22
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Serious Edits Vol 21
   
Kokain - (5:30) 120 BPM
   
Simple Song - (5:44) 120 BPM
   
Funky Town - (5:09) 122 BPM
   
Macu Sa - (4:46) 120 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Red Carpet - (4:34) 120 BPM
DF 153
18 Nov 22
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Serious Edits Vol 20
   
Don't Know - (5:11) 122 BPM
   
Pasa - (6:22) 122 BPM
   
El Son - (5:28) 120 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Jamile - (5:22) 120 BPM
   
La Reina - (4:44) 120 BPM
Review: Serbian nu-disco stalwart Tonbe once more assumes his Loshmi mantle to bring us five re-edits that draw largely on Latin sources. Opener 'Don't Know' revisits George McCrae's 'You Don't Know' from 1978, while 'Pasa' (source unknown) has a vaguely Fatback-esque feel. The originals of the other three, we have to confess, have our disco detectives well and truly beat, but suffice to say this EP would make a good companion piece to Rare Wiri's 'Spanish Delight' V/A, which packs three similarly styled jams and which is also out this week. So you should probably just buy both, hint hint hint!
DF 152
04 Nov 22
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Serious Edits Vol 19
   
Bring Out - (5:34) 122 BPM
   
Lifted - (5:38) 122 BPM
   
Some Time - (5:03) 122 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
You Are Young - (6:40) 120 BPM
   
Don't Blame - (5:19) 122 BPM
   
My Lady - (5:03) 122 BPM
Review: In which everyone's favourite Serbian disco don Tonbe reassumes his Loshmi re-editor's mantle and serves up six more reworks of vintage dancefloor nuggets. Somewhat frustratingly, the source for opener 'Bring Out' has us beat, but think late 70s/early 80s funk from the Cameo/Zapp school of thought. Elsewhere, we get Loshmi's take on (in order) George McCrae's 'I Get Lifted' from 1974, Salsoul Orchestra's 'Take Some Time Out For Love' from 1982, CC Catch's 1986 Euro hit 'Cause You Are Young', Gayle Adams' 'Don't Blame It On Me' from 1982 and lastly Kool & The Gang's 'Be My Lady' from 1981.
DF 151
07 Oct 22
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Disco Fruit Selection Vol 9
   
Loshmi - "Boogie" - (5:10) 120 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Loshmi - "In Love" - (5:32) 120 BPM
   
Loshmi - "Return" - (5:44) 120 BPM
   
Mitiko - "Baby I Want You Back" - (6:46) 82 BPM
   
Mitiko - "Fancy Dancer" - (6:07) 100 BPM
   
Mitiko - "Funky Turns Me On" - (4:26) 100 BPM
   
Mitiko - "Jazz De Primavera" - (4:52) 114 BPM
   
Mitiko - "Look For The Magic" - (5:38) 122 BPM
   
Mitiko - "On The Dance Floor" - (5:47) 107 BPM
   
Tonbe - "Angel" - (5:51) 115 BPM
   
Tonbe - "Come Around" - (5:15) 119 BPM
   
Tonbe - "Funk Me" - (5:56) 120 BPM
   
Tonbe - "Late Night Burbon" - (4:58) 121 BPM
   
Tonbe - "Never Let Me Go" - (7:03) 105 BPM
   
Tonbe - "Perfect Plan" - (5:40) 122 BPM
   
Tonbe - "Shy Town" - (4:53) 122 BPM
Review: On the whole, it might be better if Milos Djordjevic (Tonbe/Loshmi) and Sasha Mitich (Mitiko) weren't quite so talented - that way, yours truly wouldn't have written so many glowing reviews of their releases that it's getting quite embarrassing now. I should probably just buy a set of Tonbe pillowcases and have done with it! Anyway, here's another joint outing from the two Balkan boogie merchants, which - like previous installments - includes a mix of new and previously released material, spans funk, disco, boogie and soul, and features both original (albeit often sample-based) productions and Loshmi's masterly reworkings of cuts from Barbara Streisand, Mark Morrison and more. Sterling stuff all round - again, just like previous installments.
DF 150
02 Sep 22
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Through The Shadows
   
Come Around (original mix) - (5:15) 119 BPM
   
Come Around (instrumental) - (5:15) 119 BPM
   
I Wanna Be With You (original mix) - (6:16) 120 BPM
   
I Wanna Be With You (instrumental) - (6:16) 120 BPM
   
Late Night Burbon - (4:58) 121 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
Review: Why Tonbe isn't more widely renowned is a mystery: for my money, he's one of the most accomplished and consistent producers working in the modern disco arena. And oh BOY does he have a way with a drawn-out stab! He proves the latter once more on 'Come Around', a midtempo jam that you can call disco, soul or boogie as you see fit, and which comes with or without the harmonised male and female vocals. There are some superb jazz keys on 'Late Night Burbon', too, but the stone-cold killer is 'I Wanna Be With You' - file under "deep, smooth, sultry, gorgeous".
DF 149
05 Aug 22
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Generate Love
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Baby I Want You Back - (6:46) 82 BPM
   
Funky Turns Me On - (4:26) 100 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Generate Love - (6:09) 113 BPM
   
I Can Teach Ya - (4:33) 108 BPM
   
I Like What You Doing - (4:26) 117 BPM
   
If I Had You - (4:54) 104 BPM
   
Visions From My Soul - (5:41) 85 BPM
DF 148
01 Jul 22
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Rules
RulesEXCLUSIVE
   
Rules Of The Dance - (5:56) 120 BPM
   
Better Than This - (6:40) 120 BPM
   
Better Than This (instrumental) - (6:40) 120 BPM
   
Dusty Floor - (7:20) 120 BPM
   
Perfect Plan - (5:40) 122 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
Review: There was a time when Tonbe was sticking out a fresh EP almost every week. While the Serb is still prolific, he's calmed down a bit in recent times, wisely prioritising quality over quantity. Rules, the nu-disco scene stalwart's latest release, is highly enjoyable and naturally packed with peak-time ready treats. Check first opener 'Rules of the Dance', a chunky, filter-sporting slab of disco-funk/French touch fusion that's as weighty and excitable as they come, before getting your ears around the loved-up deliciousness of glassy-eyed '80s soul re-edit 'Better Than This' (and its accompanying instrumental mix). Elsewhere, 'Dusty Floor' sees him add echo-laden guitar links and jammed out electric piano motifs to a bubbly, post-electro beat, while 'Perfect Plan' is a sun-splashed slab of Balearic boogie with added deep house weight.
DF 147
17 Jun 22
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One Way
One WayEXCLUSIVE
   
In Love - (5:32) 120 BPM
   
In Love (dub mix) - (5:32) 120 BPM
   
Return - (5:44) 120 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Going Home - (5:19) 122 BPM
   
Drive Around - (5:54) 124 BPM
   
Rock Baby - (6:16) 122 BPM
Review: Serbian nu disco don Tonbe reassumes his Loshmi re-edit disguise for this six-tracker on his own Disco Fruit. A cheeky refix of Barbara Streisand's early 80s soul classic 'Woman In Love' serves as the lead track and and is presented in vocal and dub flavas, followed closely by an endlessly looping instrumental take on 'Return Of The Mack' that'll have you running off to find an acapella pronto! Elsewhere, 'Going Home' and 'Drive Around' draw on unidentified sources from somewhere around the Kraftwerk/Yello region, while the squelchy 'Rock Baby' has an early 80s Euro/electro feel. But 'In Love' is the killer.
DF 146
03 Jun 22
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Fancy Dancer
Fancy DancerEXCLUSIVE
   
Back To Funk - (6:42) 114 BPM
   
Can't Hide Love - (6:17) 123 BPM
   
Woman Saying - (5:51) 121 BPM
   
Someone Like You - (5:58) 118 BPM
   
Your Life - (5:40) 122 BPM
   
Fancy Dancer - (6:07) 100 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Basement Jam - (6:16) 86 BPM
Review: This latest album-length excursion by Montenegran nu disco regular Sasha Mitich finds him largely exploring and expressing his love for all things 80s - perhaps never more so than on 'Someone Like You', which could have come straight from the soundtrack of some coming-of-age movie starring at least one of the Brat Pack. Elsewhere, 'Back To Funk' brings the 80s boogie vibes, 'Woman Saying' recalls the likes of Fern Kinney or The Captain & Tenille and 'Your Life' slips in some cheeky Bee Gees bites, but the standout by far is the ultra-funky 'Fancy Dancer', a rework of the Commodores cut of the same name from 1976.
DF 145
20 May 22
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Powerful Funk
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14th Street - (6:15) 110 BPM
   
15th Street - (7:39) 115 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
After All - (6:24) 120 BPM
   
Ain't Nothing Wrong - (5:31) 122 BPM
   
All About Grooves - (6:21) 121 BPM
   
Another Bite - (6:14) 118 BPM
   
Beat Me Like A Funk - (6:31) 124 BPM
   
Could've Been Better - (7:44) 119 BPM
   
Dig It - (6:00) 114 BPM
   
Funk Love - (5:46) 120 BPM
   
Funker - (6:00) 112 BPM
   
Funkstar - (6:12) 116 BPM
   
Gem Picker - (6:22) 117 BPM
   
Golden Days - (6:22) 120 BPM
   
Good Taste - (5:35) 120 BPM
   
If You Feel - (6:38) 120 BPM
   
It's Time To Get Funkee - (4:55) 122 BPM
   
Live My Life - (5:24) 123 BPM
   
Move That Ass - (6:41) 116 BPM
   
My Way - (6:33) 122 BPM
   
Ram Tam Tam - (5:20) 120 BPM
   
Raw & Dirty - (5:34) 120 BPM
   
Shake That Booty - (5:44) 120 BPM
   
Sweet Love - (7:03) 118 BPM
   
This Is Party - (6:15) 119 BPM
   
Unreal - (6:32) 115 BPM
   
Zezalica - (7:01) 119 BPM
Review: Tonbe's music has spanned a range of styles from Balearica to boogie, but when he calls his latest long-playing offering 'Postive Funk' you kinda know what to expect, don't you? Thankfully the titular promise is one on which he more than delivers, with the album striking a nice balance between raw, 70s-sounding funkers like 'Funkstar' and 'Dig It', and more 80s- or pop-flavoured nuggets such as 'Ain't Nothing Wrong' or 'Live My Life'. Highlights for yours truly include '15th Street' (home to some extremely cool Hammond licks) as well as 'Another Bite', which takes some downright liberties with a Queen classic.
DF 144
06 May 22
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Gulf
GulfEXCLUSIVE
   
Triton Funk - (6:11) 115 BPM
   
Jazz De Primavera - (4:52) 114 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Simmer Down - (6:59) 121 BPM
   
El Sonido De Cattaro - (5:38) 114 BPM
   
Again - (5:54) 115 BPM
Review: A new five-tracker from Montenegran nu-disco stalwart Mitiko is always something to take note of, and this latest Disco Fruit offering doesn't disappoint. The EP starts out in chunked-up boogie territory with 'Triton Funk', which sports some killer 80s sax work, and ends with the blissed-out Balearic pop of 'Again'. In-between you'll find the sunny, horn-soaked Latin vibes of 'El Sonido De Catarro' and a serviceable cover of Bugz classic 'Simmer Down'... oh, and what for this writer is by far the standout, 'Jazz Da Primavera', which fuses jazz and garage tropes in a fashion that's reminiscent of vintage Eight Ball material, or possibly early Nice N' Ripe.
DF 143
15 Apr 22
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Limit
LimitEXCLUSIVE
   
My Family (2022 mix) - (6:24) 120 BPM
   
To The Limit (original mix) - (5:56) 120 BPM
   
To The Limit (dub mix) - (5:56) 120 BPM
   
Funk Me (original mix) - (5:56) 120 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Funk Me (dub mix) - (5:56) 120 BPM
   
Thank You (original mix) - (6:33) 122 BPM
Review: The ever-prolific Tonbe steps up with his latest EP, which features four tracks in a total of six mixes. "My Family" kicks us off in pulsing, surging disco-house/nu-disco territory, and is followed by "To The Limit", which finds the Serbian stalwart veering towards 00s soulful house territory. There are more straight-up house vibes on closer "Thank You", a spritely piano romp graced by the unmistakeable tonsils of certain Mr Owens, but only after we've had "Funk Me", an irresistible combination of a big, dirty funker of a bassline and a markedly Crystal Waters-ish vocal loop. It's rare for a Tonbe set not to come packing at least one stone cold killer, and this time out, "Funk Me" fits the bill admirably.
DF 142
01 Apr 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
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Two Bags Of Grass
   
Only Yours - (5:05) 84 BPM
   
Phase One - (5:53) 99 BPM
   
Two Bags Of Grass - (4:36) 92 BPM
   
Mesmerizing Tapes - (5:31) 102 BPM
   
Get On - (6:29) 95 BPM
   
Funky Mood - (5:11) 97 BPM
   
On The Dance Floor - (5:47) 107 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
Review: I've no idea whether Mitiko actually intended the title of this seven-track offering to double as a 'serving suggestion' but it certainly works as one, as the Montenegran disco stalwart gives the dancefloor stompers a swerve and turns his energies to ploughing a much more laidback furrow. The shimmering piano chords and lazy, low-slung b-line that kick off 'Only Yours' set the tone for an album that seldom gets above walking pace but still manages to cram in nods to a wide range of influences - see, for instance, 'Phase One''s genius marriage of a Phuture vocal snip to some superbly smooooooooooth jazz-funk geetar licks, and was that a cheeky James Ingram bassline too? File under mellow horizontal loveliness.
DF 141
18 Mar 22
Balearic/Downtempo
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World Beyond
World BeyondEXCLUSIVE
   
Shy Town - (4:53) 122 BPM
   
If You Want Me (original mix) - (5:54) 120 BPM
   
If You Want Me (dub mix) - (5:54) 120 BPM
   
Over You - (6:03) 121 BPM
   
Angel - (5:51) 115 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
Review: Serbian disco stalwart Milo? Đorđević AKA Tonbe AKA Loshmi brings us what is simultaneously one of his housiest EPs to date and one of his most varied. 'Shy Town' opens with crisp 4/4s before settling down into a smoother funk/soul ride. 'If You Want Me', with its archetypal Tonbe combo of a fragile female vocal and some absolute killer stabs, is arguably the lead track as it comes in Vocal and Dub flavas, while completing the EP are the Om/Naked-esque soulful house groover that is 'Over You' and 'Angel', a floaty, drifty affair with a wistful female vocal. Good stuff as ever from a producer that doesn't get half the attention he deserves.
DF 140
04 Mar 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
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Magic EP
Magic EPEXCLUSIVE
   
Look For The Magic - (5:38) 122 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Simmer Down - (6:59) 121 BPM
   
You Are The One - (6:17) 123 BPM
Review: Here comes Montenegro's ever-reliable Sasha Mitich with a three-tracker for Serbian label Disco Fruit. 'Look For The Magic' places an infuriatingly familiar-sounding "life can be so stressful" diva vocal atop lashings of fat, squelchy bass, while 'Simmer Down' reworks Reel People's (now 20-year-old!) broken beat/soulful house classic of the same name. 'You Are The One', meanwhile, rocks another diva vocal snip ("sometimes I say I'm through with you", not the Jocelyn one you're thinking of) which it pairs with crisp, lively percussion and an intricate but still impressively hefty b-line. All told, three cheeky sample-based groovers that'll keep 'em shimmying along nicely.
DF 139
11 Feb 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
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Neon District
Neon DistrictEXCLUSIVE
   
Never Let Me Go (original mix) - (7:03) 105 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Never Let Me Go (dub mix) - (7:03) 105 BPM
   
New Vision - (6:12) 120 BPM
   
Robbery In Progress - (5:44) 118 BPM
   
So Real (original mix) - (5:34) 120 BPM
   
So Real (dub mix) - (5:34) 120 BPM
Played by: Tonbe
Review: Four tracks in a total of six mixes make up this latest EP from ever-prolific Serbian discomeister Tonbe. 'Never Let Me Go' is up first, blending late 70s/early 80s jazz-funk and contemporary pop influences and coming in vocal and dub flavas. There's a distinct pop feel, too, to the 80s-influenced 'New Vision' and 'Robbery In Progress' - both all bright analogue synths and lashings of cowbell - which just leaves us with the two rubs of 'So Real', which continues in the same 80s pop-leaning groove established by the two previous cuts and is available, again, with or without the female vocal.
DF 138
21 Jan 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
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Disco Fruit Sampler 03
   
Hotmood - "My Dream Come True" - (5:10) 122 BPM
   
Mitiko - "Are You Ready" - (7:19) 110 BPM
   
Loshmi - "Yes It Is" - (5:23) 122 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Brian SNR - "Wanna Kiss You" - (6:54) 116 BPM
Review: Serbia's Disco Fruit bring us an EP packing one track apiece from some of the biggest names on the contemporary disco scene. 'My Dream Come True' from Mexican fave Hotmood is a hazy, looping affair with a soulful male vocal, while Montenegro's Mitiko reworks Fatback classic 'Do The Bus Stop' as 'Are You Ready'. We stay in re-edit mode as label boss Tonbe, in his Loshmi guise, revists Jimmy Bo Horne's 'Is It In?' on 'Yes It Is', before finally Brian SNR closes out the EP with 'Wanna Kiss You', which sports an almost punk-funk/new wave-style vocal and some glorlously cheesy 80s sax work.
DF 137
07 Jan 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
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Best Of 2021
Best Of 2021EXCLUSIVE
   
Mitiko - "Back To Dance" - (7:16) 105 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Mitiko - "Discofied" - (7:15) 103 BPM
   
Mitiko - "I Shot The Sheriff" - (6:33) 122 BPM
   
Mitiko - "My Cherie Amour" - (5:34) 103 BPM
   
Mitiko - "Oops Upside" - (6:58) 106 BPM
   
Mitiko - "Rumor Has It" - (6:37) 124 BPM
   
Mitiko - "Turbo Flop" - (5:55) 104 BPM
   
Loshmi - "Colegiala" - (6:22) 118 BPM
   
Loshmi - "Fantasy" - (5:35) 116 BPM
   
Loshmi - "Just Dance" - (5:40) 120 BPM
   
Loshmi - "Yes It Is" - (5:23) 122 BPM
   
Tonbe - "Dub Thing" - (5:52) 120 BPM
   
Tonbe - "Easy Dancin'" - (5:21) 110 BPM
   
Tonbe - "Life & Joy" - (6:17) 124 BPM
   
Tonbe - "Pontiac GTO" - (6:11) 117 BPM
   
Tonbe - "This Is Party" - (6:15) 119 BPM
   
Tonbe - "Varadero" - (5:13) 115 BPM
Review: Last month saw two East European disco favourites, Serbia's Tonbe AKA Loshmi and Montenegro's Mitiko, joining forces for a split EP on the former's Disco Fruit label. Now the same imprint brings us this joint collection that gathers together the best of the two producers' 2021 output, in all three of their guises. The tracks involved are a mixture of re-edits, covers and original material; more importantly, both producers are ludicrously prolific, which means they had a huge catalogue to draw from. And that in turn means there's nary a track that puts a foot wrong here - making this an essential purchase for anyone who hasn't picked these cuts up on various EPs along the way.
DF 136
03 Dec 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
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All I Care For
   
All I Care About Is You - (5:26) 119 BPM
   
Rumor Has It - (6:37) 124 BPM
   
You Can Do It - (6:23) 109 BPM
   
But It's Funky Music - (8:16) 116 BPM
   
What A Life - (6:06) 120 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
While You Can - (7:51) 122 BPM
   
Bright Like Sunshine Day - (5:37) 106 BPM
Review: Ludicrously prolific Montenegran producer Sascha Mitich needs no introduction to disco buyers, and now here comes his latest offering, which packs seven 70s-tastic re-edits. Among those sources we can identify this time around are Donna Summer's 'Rumour Has It', The Gibson Brothers' 'What A Life' and 'You' (presented here as 'All I Care About Is You' ) and an unidentified, male-sung take on 'I Can See Clearly Now', while of the tracks whose origin remains unknown, the standout for this reviewer is 'But It's Funky Music', whose gloriously cheesy squealin' Moogs give it something of a US sitcom theme vibe.
DF 135
05 Nov 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
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Musica Latina
Musica LatinaEXCLUSIVE
   
Loshmi - "Colegiala" - (6:22) 118 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Loshmi - "Portoriko" - (6:12) 120 BPM
   
Loshmi - "Pretty Chiquita" - (5:54) 118 BPM
   
Mitiko - "Mentirosa" - (6:22) 120 BPM
   
Mitiko - "Con Sabrosura" - (7:58) 119 BPM
   
Mitiko - "Mira Que Eres Linda" - (6:27) 122 BPM
   
Mitiko - "Todo Por El Son" - (7:40) 110 BPM
   
Tonbe - "Ven Pa Ca" - (4:59) 122 BPM
   
Tonbe - "Varadero" - (5:13) 115 BPM
   
Tonbe - "Last Mojito" - (5:48) 120 BPM
Review: What we have here is arguably the first ever two-man disco threeway, as Serbian disco don Tonbe (Milo? Đorđević) teams up with his Montenegran oppo Mitiko (Sasha Mitich) and himself in his Loshmi guise. As for the album that's emerged from their joint efforts, well, the clue's in the title, as the two nu-disco stalwarts dive into a big cupboard full of flamenco guitars, marimbas and mariachi trumpets, and come out clutching 10 Latin-infused dancefloor shakers built for effortless grooving in the summer sunshine. Highlights, you ask? Check the low-slung funk of 'Con Sabrosura' or the jazzy shuffle of 'Portoriko'.
DF 134
15 Oct 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
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Passion For Fruit
   
Acting Like A Diva - (5:08) 120 BPM
   
New Vision - (6:12) 120 BPM
   
All I Need - (5:40) 118 BPM
   
Supernova (original mix) - (5:48) 120 BPM
   
Supernova (dub mix) - (5:48) 120 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Life & Joy - (6:17) 124 BPM
   
Losing Control (original mix) - (5:04) 120 BPM
   
Losing Control (dub mix) - (5:04) 120 BPM
   
Trabajar - (4:51) 122 BPM
   
For This Joy - (4:45) 124 BPM
Played by: Tonbe
Review: Tonbe's super-prolific output never ceases to amaze - he seems to churn out album-length releases on an almost monthly basis, and this writer is yet to encounter one that didn't include at least one or two stone-cold killers. In this case, I'd refer you to the sultry, grown-up, Stonebridge-esque house-pop of 'All I Need', and specifically the drop that occurs around the 3:20 mark - pure class. Also worthy of note are 'Trabajar' with its attention-getting bass-y intro, complex percussion and Afro vox, and closer 'For This Joy' with its rave-tastic bassline and cheeky Fedde Le Grand-nodding "put your hands up for this joy" vocal. And if you like those, there are seven more where they came from - and doubtless 10 more in just another few weeks!
DF 133
01 Oct 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
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Turbo Flop
Turbo FlopEXCLUSIVE
   
Turbo Flop - (5:55) 104 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Kaskazi Muziki - (7:17) 125 BPM
   
Running Into You - (5:10) 95 BPM
Review: Three varied cuts make up this latest EP from Montenegran nu-disco stalwart Mitiko, coming on Tonbe's Disco Fruit. The EP opens with 'Turbo Flop', a moody, atmospheric affair with an undulating main synth riff that's similar in cadence to a Native American chant, and that's augmented from around the 1:30 mark by plangent electric guitar. 'Kaskazi Muziki' is a more uptempo cut with a plinky-plonk synth hook, fat funk bass and a male vocal in an unidentified language, and will work on house and disco floors alike, while the slow-grindin', Hammond-flecked 'Running Into You' drops the tempo once more and takes us a little closer to traditional funk/soul pastures.
DF 132
17 Sep 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
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Serious Edits Vol 18
   
Automatik - (6:44) 116 BPM
   
Just Dance - (5:40) 120 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Just Dance (dub mix) - (5:40) 120 BPM
   
Dark Night - (5:17) 125 BPM
   
Dark Night (dub mix) - (5:17) 125 BPM
   
Ghost Killer - (5:15) 116 BPM
   
Ghost Killer (dub mix) - (5:15) 116 BPM
Review: The Serbian disco magician known as Tonbe once more dons his Loshmi guise to get busy on the re-edits tip, bringing us his reinventions of four classic cuts of yore. 'Automatik' doesn't actually differ too much from The Pointer Sisters' original, except for getting a bit wonkier and druggier in the breakdown; somewhat more radical in approach are his reworkings of David Bowie's 'Let's Dance' and Ray Parker Jr's 'Ghostbusters', but for sheer brass neck the prize goes to 'Dark Night', which somehow manages to drag Deep Purple's 'Black Night' kicking and screaming onto the disco dancefloor.
DF 131
03 Sep 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
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Closer To Me
Closer To MeEXCLUSIVE
   
Closer - (7:17) 122 BPM
   
Varadero - (5:13) 115 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Golden Days - (6:22) 120 BPM
   
I've Been Searching - (6:30) 123 BPM
   
Ven Pa Ca - (4:59) 122 BPM
   
I Saw You Walking Down The Street - (5:04) 120 BPM
   
Senegalese - (4:50) 120 BPM
   
El Mariachi - (6:46) 124 BPM
   
Last Mojito - (5:48) 120 BPM
   
Move That Ass - (6:41) 116 BPM
   
Beat Me Like A Funk - (6:31) 124 BPM
Review: By our reckoning Serbia's Milos Djordjevic, better known as Tonbe, has AT LEAST a dozen album-length releases to his name, but he shows no signs of slowing down just yet! Here comes another one, wherein fairly 'authentic-sounding' disco and boogie grooves like 'Closer' and 'Golden Days' are interspersed with more lounge-y and Latin-flavoured cuts such as 'Varadero' and 'Ven Pa Ca'. Elsewhere, Tonbe flirts with the sound of West African reggae on 'Senegalese' while 'El Mariachi' brings the Western movie theme vibes, before the album comes to a close with a slab of heavy, geetar-squawlin' Blaxploitation funk in the form of 'Beat Me Like A Funk'.
DF 130
13 Aug 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
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My Touch
My TouchEXCLUSIVE
   
Rotate - (6:37) 122 BPM
   
Journey To Downtown - (6:52) 124 BPM
   
Blue Lagoon - (6:04) 122 BPM
   
Dub Thing - (5:52) 120 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
I Know I Love You - (5:15) 122 BPM
   
Running - (5:24) 123 BPM
   
Right Here Right Now - (5:28) 123 BPM
   
Take Me Higher - (5:59) 123 BPM
   
Out Of My Head - (5:15) 122 BPM
   
Beside Me - (5:52) 124 BPM
Played by: Tonbe
Review: He's by far better known for his disco output but as this full-length offering shows, the Serbian don known variously as Tonbe and Loshmi is no slouch in the house department either! Recent single 'Rotate', featuring the golden tonsils of Robert Owens, sets out the album's stall nicely, with the remaining nine tracks ranging from the lounge-y 'Journey To Downtown' with its vibes and sax, via the reggae-tinged 'Dub Thing', to the organ-led NJ garage vibes of 'Right Here Right Now', the uplifting piano stomp of 'Take Me Higher' and the positively sublime closer 'Beside Me'. A triumph.
DF 129
16 Jul 21
Deep House
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Delicious LP
Delicious LPEXCLUSIVE
   
Afro Vibrations - (6:22) 112 BPM
   
Clean Cuts - (5:37) 116 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
I Love To Boogie - (6:06) 122 BPM
   
I Was Never Fan Of Sampling - (6:23) 115 BPM
   
Let's Ride - (7:11) 108 BPM
   
Mr. Funkyman - (7:09) 115 BPM
   
My Disco Collection - (6:16) 112 BPM
   
Shiny Stockings - (6:21) 118 BPM
   
Tropical - (5:50) 114 BPM
   
You Are A Star - (6:38) 118 BPM
Review: Over the past five years Mexico's Guillermo Gonzalez Santana, better known as Hotmood, had dropped a good 30 or so singles/EPs on a number of imprints including Tonbe's Disco Fruit, who now round up his previous output for the label in album form. Regular disco buyers may have most of what's here in their collections already, then, but if you've yet to get acquainted this is the perfect opportunity to do so, with standouts including the irresistible lil' jazzy, funky hip-wriggler that is 'Mr Funkyman', the laidback, handclap-tastic disco groove of 'My Disco Collection' and the looping cut-up soul of 'Clean Cuts'.
DF 128
02 Jul 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
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Serious Edits Vol 17
   
Bomb On Me - (6:40) 123 BPM
   
Physic - (5:28) 123 BPM
   
Physic (dub mix) - (5:28) 123 BPM
   
Fantasy - (5:35) 116 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Waiting - (5:58) 99 BPM
Played by: Tonbe
Review: The artist often known as Tonbe returns to regular home Disco Fruit with five more Serious Edits for those who like their disco colourful, synth-heavy and with a subtle house twist. After opening with the P-funk-influenced, cowbell-sporting swirl of 'Bomb on Me', the Serbian producer delivers two versions (vocal and dub) of 'Physic', a cheery, squelchy tweak of the Olivia Newton-John track of the same name with added house pianos. Elsewhere, 'Fantasy' is a low-slung revision of what sounds like a classic Talking Heads cut, while 'Waiting' is a slo-mo Balearic treat full of glistening guitars, tactile AOR grooves and sunset-ready synthesizer chords.
DF 127
18 Jun 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
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Essence
EssenceEXCLUSIVE
   
Oops Upside - (6:58) 106 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
What Goes Around - (6:48) 90 BPM
   
Step Off The Train - (7:23) 105 BPM
   
Essence Of House - (7:00) 108 BPM
   
Serious Collection - (6:23) 107 BPM
Review: The titles here might suggest a re-edits EP but rest assured the five tracks ARE actually original, albeit sample-based, productions. 'Step Off The Train', for instance, does indeed bite EBTG's 'Missing' as you'd expect, but simply takes a two-line vocal snip and loops it up over a slo-mo grinder that sits right on the deep house/nu-disco cusp, while 'Oops Upside' is another house/disco fusion that draws not on The Gap Band but on a female-sung cover thereof. So let's not worry about sources and inspirations and just say these are five classy midtempo groovers that'll suit more discerning nu-disco floors down to the ground.
DF 126
04 Jun 21
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Good Taste
Good TasteEXCLUSIVE
   
Sugar - (4:51) 117 BPM
   
Good Taste - (5:35) 120 BPM
   
Funker - (6:00) 112 BPM
   
Pontiac GTO - (6:11) 117 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Bad Habits - (4:40) 120 BPM
   
Don't Let Me Go - (6:22) 117 BPM
   
Autumn Delight - (5:01) 115 BPM
Review: There are producers out there who'll spend months agonising over a snare sound or a clap, and who'll turn out maybe two or three tracks a year. At the other end of the spectrum are artists like Tonbe, who are seemingly capable of knocking together an album's worth of material by lunchtime, and frequently do! Both approaches can, of course, turn up gold - in this case, see the wonky Hammond shuffle that is 'Funker', or the summery good-time funk of 'Pontiac GTO'. This latest offering also finds Tonbe exploring poppier territory on cuts like 'Sugar' and 'Don't Let Me Go'.
DF 125
07 May 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
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Disco Fruit Sampler 02
   
Hotmood - "You Are A Star" - (6:38) 118 BPM
   
C. Da Afro - "So Good For Me" - (6:03) 113 BPM
   
Mitiko - "Back To Dance" - (7:16) 105 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Loshmi - "Regah" - (6:56) 110 BPM
Review: Here's one of those releases that really doesn't need a lot of explaining - anyone with even a passing interest in nu-disco should be more than familiar with all four artists involved, as well as the label! Hotmood brings the 70s vibes on the string-drenched, guitar-flecked 'You Are A Star', C Da Afro fast-forwards to the 80s boogie era with the shiny-suited 'So Good For Me', while Loshmi arguably gets the most inventive, mixing up Afro, Latin and spy movie soundtrack vibes on 'Regah'. It's the lazy, laidback funk/jazz-funk of Mitiko's 'Back To Dance', though, that takes the gold.
DF 124
23 Apr 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
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Stomp
StompEXCLUSIVE
   
Boogie Down - (4:59) 101 BPM
   
Desperately - (7:57) 116 BPM
   
Here I Come - (8:25) 121 BPM
   
Disco Stomp - (8:38) 105 BPM
   
East Coast Groove - (7:06) 121 BPM
   
Foot Stompin Music - (8:05) 122 BPM
   
My Cherie Amour - (5:34) 103 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
Review: This is at least the tenth album-length release that Montenegro's Sascha Mitich has produced for Serbian label Disco Fruit, a work rate rivalled only by label boss Tonbe (AKA Loshmi). As ever, the seven tracks featured here blur the lines between re-edits and sample-based productions, with the energetic, good time Afro-tropical vibes of 'Desperately' (think Barrabas, Osibisa) the standout for this reviewer, and the Hammond-sporting (and fairly self-explanatory) 'Foot Stompin' Music' a close second. A lounge-y cover of Stevie Wonder classic 'Ma Cherie Amour' may prove a little more Marmite ("you either love it or hate it"), but isn't without its charms.
DF 123
09 Apr 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
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All About Grooves
   
Live My Life - (5:24) 123 BPM
   
My Way - (6:33) 122 BPM
   
This Is Party - (6:15) 119 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
All About Grooves - (6:21) 121 BPM
   
After All - (6:24) 120 BPM
   
Change The Mood - (7:05) 117 BPM
   
How Far You Can Go - (5:41) 116 BPM
   
Because Of You - (6:06) 120 BPM
   
Nocturnal Moves - (5:30) 122 BPM
   
Keep On Moving Keep On Grooving - (6:47) 119 BPM
   
Fight For Love - (6:00) 120 BPM
   
Never Alone - (5:56) 120 BPM
Review: The trouble with Tonbe is you've no sooner finished reviewing one long-player than the next one arrives! With such a prolific output, it's all the more wonder that the Serbian nu-disco stalwart manages to maintain the quality standard - but make no mistake, quality is what you get here. One or two tracks (eg opener 'Live My Life') veer a little too far down the pop route, but just check out the strutty 'This Is Party', euphoric Hammond workout 'Change The Mood' or the jazz-tastic closing triptych that begins with 'Keep On Moving, Keep On Grooving' and you'll surely agree that Tonbe is a rare talent indeed.
DF 122
19 Mar 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
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Serious Edits Vol 16
   
Yes It Is - (5:23) 122 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Across The Floor - (5:28) 114 BPM
   
In The Club - (5:40) 118 BPM
   
Neon Rider - (5:44) 120 BPM
   
Right Size - (4:49) 118 BPM
   
Rampage - (5:36) 113 BPM
   
On The Street - (5:22) 120 BPM
   
No Way - (5:16) 103 BPM
Review: Turns out Milos Djordjevic, AKA Serbian re-edit king Loshmi, has something of an Eddy Grant fixation. He must have, because two of the Guyanese-British reggae star's tracks get a Loshmi makeover here - namely 'Rampage' and 'Boys In The Street'. Elsewhere, 'No Way' is another reggae edit, 'Across The Floor' and 'In The Club' draw on unidentified boogie sources, Jimmy Bo Horne's 'Is It In' from 1980 gets reworked as 'Yes It Is', Salsoul Orchestra get the treatment on 'Right Size' and - perhaps tread carefully with this one! - 'Neon Rider' revisits the theme to a certain 80s TV series starring The Hoff...
DF 121
05 Mar 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
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Sexy Lady
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Are You Ready - (7:19) 110 BPM
   
Get Down - (6:59) 115 BPM
   
I Shot The Sheriff - (6:33) 122 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Do Something - (5:58) 119 BPM
   
Sexy Lady - (7:05) 106 BPM
   
On Ya - (7:00) 100 BPM
   
Lonely Days - (5:37) 115 BPM
Review: Prolific Montenegrin producer Mitiko (real name Sasha Mitich) will need no introduction to nu-disco lovers by now, and here he brings us seven more very playable nuggets on a release you can call an EP or LP as you see fit! 'Are You Ready' revisits Fatback Band's classic 'Do The Bus Stop' - serviceably if perhaps a little unnecessarily - while Marley/Clapton classic 'I Shot The Sheriff' gets covered (not re-edited) inna disco style; the other five cuts are similarly 70s-themed, with the slow-moving, sleazy funk of 'On Ya' leading the charge for this reviewer on the strength of that squelch bassline alone.
DF 120
12 Feb 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
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Easy Dancin'
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Easy Dancin' - (5:21) 112 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Ram Tam Tam - (5:20) 120 BPM
   
To The Top - (5:03) 118 BPM
   
Mr. Robot - (5:34) 118 BPM
   
Let The Spirit - (5:19) 112 BPM
   
Happy Crowd - (5:00) 120 BPM
Review: Serbia's Milos Dordevic, AKA Tonbe/Loshmi, proves his mastery of the nu-disco game in just two tracks here! Submission 1: opener 'Easy Dancin', which has a wistful female vocal, spacey Dave Lee-esque Rhodes doodles and, most importantly, what is possibly the greatest stab ever recorded (check it at 0:32). Submission 2: 'Ram Tam Tam', which (after another excellent stab) centres around a rising Hammond riff that never quite resolves - ideal for building energy levels to fever pitch just before you drop that "right, everyone up!" anthem. Four more solid nu-disco/boogie cuts are just the icing on what's already a pretty unmissable cake.
DF 119
22 Jan 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
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Lay Down
Lay DownEXCLUSIVE
   
Discofied - (7:15) 103 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Real Nasty - (6:36) 98 BPM
   
Eye On The Sparrow - (8:55) 100 BPM
   
Lay Down On Me - (6:08) 97 BPM
   
It's For You - (6:45) 94 BPM
   
Thank You For Tonight - (6:32) 102 BPM
   
Universal Love - (5:11) 90 BPM
Review: The 70s force is strong in this one... listen to this latest full-length collection from Montenegran producer Sasha Mitich, AKA Mitiko, and you may have to remind yourself, as this writer did, that you're actually listening to a brand new album and not a set of re-edits! There are no spangly Nang-esque synths here, no wonked-out Italo-cosmic excursions, just seven slabs of fat-assed funk ('Real Nasty'), lavish disco-soul ('Thank You For Tonight') and, perhaps most interestingly, a couple of tracks ('Lay Down On Me', 'Universal Love') that lean towards a mellower, more 'crossover' style ? la Bill Withers or The Bellamy Brothers.
DF 118
08 Jan 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
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